Large Scale Central

PA bank barn

Modeling
#21
Ric Golding said:
David,

Sunday Morning here and Jan and I are talking of this subject on the Forum as she is preparing breakfast. Your compliment made a big hit with her. She really doesn’t think she does much as she kit-bashes or works with Jigstone. She really wanted to build one with the over hang, but then followed the foundation of the building when she started. I think we need to get another barn for more experimentation. :wink:

The lady is far more talented than she realizes. Trust me, I tell her all the time. I mean, come on, she puts up with me. Never have figured that out.


Which I am certain Ric is a talent in and of itself.

I’ll have more updated pics by next weekend I believe. I am starting the hand laid stone foundation walls and began cutting the siding planks. I need to cut and install a few more girts and purlins to secure the skin.

I’ll need to build ladders and scaffolding and find a dozen or so figures to hang on the construction job, unless it’s Sunday. ??

#22

Well finally the roofers started installing the slate roofing.

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/lastmanout/_forumfiles/Barn11.jpg)

I wish the carpenters would clean up when they finish for the day and cover the nail keg.

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/lastmanout/_forumfiles/Barn12.jpg)

#23

An overcast day? Slate roofs are such FUN to work on when they’re wet!! You haven’t lived (or is that almost died?), until you’ve found yourself dangling upsidedown at the end of the safety rope because you ignored Pap’s warning NOT to reach for anything that started to slide…

#24
Mik said:
An overcast day? Slate roofs are such FUN to work on when they're wet!! You haven't lived (or is that almost died?), until you've found yourself dangling upsidedown at the end of the safety rope because you ignored Pap's warning NOT to reach for anything that started to slide....
Safety ropes? What's a safety rope? I just kept my hammer claw ready to slam into the roof boards, again. Slate is slippery when wet and the powder is slippery when ripping an old slate roof off. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
#25

This is the only way I work on roofs now.

(http://www.lscdata.com/users/lastmanout/_forumfiles/Barn17.jpg)

#26

David,
Now you just need to build a railroad under that barn :wink:
Ralph

#27

That looks great!

#28

Looks nice. I have always loved the old barns in PA and the North East. We have a lot of great old barns from the 1800’s still standing and in use. Some even get converted into homes.

#29

Ever see a barn raisin’?

A whole community of Amish get the whole thing built in a day.

#30
Tom Ruby said:
Ever see a barn raisin'?

A whole community of Amish get the whole thing built in a day.


Do they accept converts? I could use some help with the GRR :smiley:
Ralph

#31

Actually, the Amish DO accept converts… especially if you have daughters to bring into the sect.

As for a barn raising, it’s amazing what people working together can accomplish… especially when zoning regulations, covenants, permits and building inspectors don’t get in the way.

#32
Mik said:
Actually, the Amish DO accept converts... especially if you have daughters to bring into the sect.

As for a barn raising, it’s amazing what people working together can accomplish… especially when zoning regulations, covenants, permits and building inspectors don’t get in the way.


I was a building inspector in Penna. after the newest codes went into effect. There are special provisions in the code for Amish building construction. Window sizes and electric not required to name a couple.

The work ethic of the carpenters I have seen on the job is admirable.

#33

Izzis what all y’all had in mind when you talked about barn rasin’s?

#34

Steve, Great picture. But the saw in the guys hand says maybe a Menonite barn raising.

#35

A lot depends on their Bishop. Some say if it’s run off a generator, not off the grid, they can use it. Just like some allow pastel dresses, and red or sky blue colored house doors. For whatever reason, the Bishops in Ohio seem to be the strictest as far as what isn’t allowed.